ATLANTA โ Legislation will be introduced soon in Congress to create Georgiaโs first national park, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Georgia, said this week after touring the Ocmulgee Mounds in Macon, a prehistoric Native American site.
Ocmulgee Mounds was established as a national historical park during the 1930s to preserve an area occupied by various native cultures for thousands of years. The mounds were built during the Mississippi Period, which began around 900.
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